‘Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.'
This verse connects with what is to come (1 Corinthians 1:27), while also connecting with what has gone before. What men call foolish proved to be the revealed power of God (1 Corinthians 1:18), because God's ‘foolishness' far surpasses the greatest wisdom known to man. And although Christ was on the cross in weakness, it was in a weakness that overcame all the power of the Enemy. Thus apparent foolishness and apparent weakness triumphed. The cross seemed to reveal weakness but it proved in fact to be the most powerful instrument the world had ever seen. For God's ways always surpass men's ways, and although seemingly weak and foolish, prove to be the means by which His great wisdom and power are revealed, and His saving work accomplished.
Thus let them set aside the sign-seeking of the Jews, and the wise folly of the Greeks, and even the flowery teaching of Christian preachers, and let them concentrate on what is God's wisdom, the message of the cross and the crucified One.